Visible light-driven electron transfer from a dye-sensitized p -type NiO photocathode to a molecular catalyst in solution: Toward NiO-based photoelectrochemical devices for solar hydrogen production

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 5806-5818

  Castillo, Carmen E ^a,b   Gennari, M ^a,b   Stoll, T ^a,b   Fortage, J ^a,b   Deronzier, A ^a,b   Collomb, M N ^a,b   Sandroni, M ^c   Legalite F ^c   Blart, E ^c   Pellegrin, Y ^c   Delacote, C ^c   Boujtita, M ^c   Odobel, F ^c   Rannou, P ^a,b,d   Sadki, S ^a,b,d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NICKEL OXIDE; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOLYSIS; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ACETONITRILE SOLUTIONS; ELECTRON-TRANSFER CHAIN; MOLECULAR CATALYSTS; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

RHODIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84925235918     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511469f     Document Type: Article

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